A well-made action movie - only minor spoilers

Rating: 7/10 (16 August 2013)

When I first heard of the plot of this movie I thought to myself: "Oh, another boring action movie with an obvious plot, shallow characters and just an endless wave of explosions". But I was, luckily, proved wrong.
The story is pretty straight forward. Monsters (Kaijus (Japanese for "Monster)) have come to the Earth through another dimension, and mankind attempting to fight them off with "monsters of their own", so called "Jaegers" (German for Hunter).
Naturally, as the movie progresses, mankind gets in deeper and deeper !@#%, and it all comes down to one big battle to save the earth. Short summary, I know, but the movie isn't so diverse throughout.
By all means, this could've easily been Transformers all over. Not to say that Transformers is bad, but the story and the directing isn't nowhere near as good as it is in Pacific Rim. The characters have depth (to some extent), the theme song and general soundtrack is extremely fitting, everything is incredibly well-made and last but not least the fighting scenes will blow your mind. I was sitting in my chair with goosebumps almost through the entire movie.
There are also some really good scenes were some of the actors really stand out, Idris Elba in particular, and the editing is near perfect, and there are also some genuinely funny moments, but nothing that makes the movie look silly in any way.
So my verdict is 8. This is "just" a sci-fi action movie without a whole lot of description and storyline and personal maturing, but it's so well made that it definitely stands out as this summers blockbuster. Guillermo del Toro took what seemed like a silly idea and made it absolutely amazing with amazing scenes and fantastic music.
Oh, and watch it in the cinema with the best possible sound, watching it as blu ray or DVD should be considered an insult to the masterful producing.